Bent County register., 1887-08-13

a down east exchange contradict
the theory that San ounce of preyen-
ton, etc." and goes on to establish
itself thusly: "Sometimes an ounce
of preventlan is worse than a pound
of disease. One day last week the
! children came running In, shrieking
that big hawk was circling over
the poultry yard. Old farmer This
tletop dropped his paper, caught his
trusty gun from the rack, and charg-
ed for the poultry yard. He ran
right over bee stand just the other
side of the cyprus bush, and was
stung in thirty places before jumped
the fence of the poultry yard, alight-
ing upon the back of the old black
hen that was brooding thirteen chicks
breaking her neck and mashing FIVE
helpless "weetles," the gun caught
in the fence as he jumped and went
off, killing young turkey and filing
the Durham heifer in the meadow
nearly full of buckshot: while the
hawk alone calm and self possessed
in the midst of the tumult and CON
fusion sailed away with the one
spring chicken he had all along in
tended to levy on.'
c'Merchant Traveler.")
Frances" said Grover the other
evenin g, as he kicked the bootjack
into position, "did you notice all the
pleasan, things the press had to say
about my St. Louis letter?'
''Yes, but some of the papers didn't
say nice things bit?"
"Oh, of course, there will be kick
ers. Did you note the frequent ref
ference to its calmness, trankness
aud dignity?"
"Yes. l noticed them"
",The more l read of those COM
ments the more am convinced that
that was ighty good letter. l
think I'll see what l can do toward
raising Dams salary"
c. o. Barton opened his always
generous heart on Tuesday, and pre-
sented the editor with an elegant
mess of corn, beans and cucumbers,
of his own raising. Neither of these
vegetables can be beat for size and
quality, the corn was large and well
filled out, it being the White Russian
variety. Mr.. Barton has no irriga-
ting ditch and consequently, i, is
plain to be seen that all crops and
vegetables can be grown in eastern
Colorado by the natural rainfall, and
without irrigation.-Granada expo
nent."
The recent rains have buoyed up
fences like cork on the wave and
washed out bridges, tore up some
railroad track and inundated gardens
and what were flourishing fields of
vegetables and grain were washed
away aud otherwise DESTROYED also
the crop of grass already harvested.
Mr.. Goodwin's grass crop is beat
down into the bosom of mother earth
and Mr. James Mauldin's harvested
hay was carried away. Mr.. Thos.
Phillips crops suffered not n little,
but with one accord they agree the
water was welcome.-Elizabeti Item
in Elbert Tribune"
Eastern Colorado will receive the
heaviest influx of eastern farmers
this fall that has come since the en-.
migration commenced. Failures of
crops east have driven many to take
"a fresh start in the new west, while
many more are coming in search of
health and cheaper farms. Instead
of dying out the rush has increased
steadily since its commencement four
years ago, fact in itself evidence
that the new comers find they are
acting wise.-Cheyenne Wells "Ga-
zette."
The Atlanta Constitution calls up
on the Legislature of Georgia to do
away with all the white horses IN
that State and thus protect Georgia's
charming red headed girls. 1t APP
pears from this that in Georgia, rs
well as in Colorado and New York,